GOOSE HUNTS PLANNED FOR GREEN LANE PARK TO REDUCE POPULATION

The Morning CallTHE MORNING CALL

To reduce the number of geese at Green Lane Park in Upper Hanover Township, the Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department and the Pennsylvania Game Commission will conduct controlled goose hunts. Hunts will be run 6-11 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Sept. 1 until Sept. 24.

There will be no hunt on Labor Day.

This is the third year the park has conducted a goose hunt. In 1997, 38 geese were killed. In 1998, 133 were harvested. The controlled hunt and the egg addling, or shaking, done in the spring have helped control the geese population at the park.

Hunters will be chosen by lottery. Applications are available at the Deep Creek Park office on Snyder Road and at the Green Lane Park office on Hill Road, both in Upper Frederick Township.

Park officials will accept completed applications until Aug. 24. The lottery will be at the Deep Creek Park office at 9 a.m. Aug. 25. Lottery winners will be notified and will be allowed to hunt with one guest. Each hunter will have a daily limit of five geese.